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To request that the Chief Administrative Officer develop a program that establishes one or more rental inspection districts and requires inspection of residential real estate dwelling units within such districts pursuant to Va. Code ? 36-105.1:1 and to submit a proposed ordinance setting forth the particulars of such program to the Council.
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WHEREAS, section 36-105.1:1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, authorizes localities to establish rental inspection districts and require inspection of residential real estate dwelling units, as defined by state law, within such districts; and
WHEREAS, subsection (B) of section 36-105.1:1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, provides specifically as follows:
Localities may inspect residential rental dwelling units. The local governing body may adopt an ordinance to inspect residential rental dwelling units for compliance with the Building Code and to promote safe, decent and sanitary housing for its citizens, in accordance with the following:
1. Except as provided in subdivision B 3, the dwelling units shall be located in a rental inspection district established by the local governing body in accordance with this section, and
2. The rental inspection district is based upon a finding by the local governing body that (i) there is a need to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the occupants of dwelling units inside the designated rental inspection district; (ii) the residential rental dwelling units within the designated rental inspection district are either (a) blighted or in the process of deteriorating, or (b) the residential rental dwelling units are in the need of inspection by the building department to prevent deterioration, taking into account the number, age and condition of residential dwelling rental units inside the proposed rental inspection district; and (iii) the inspection of residential rental dwelling units inside the proposed rental insp...
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